Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards

Today Michel Veuthey. Board member of the Martin Ennals Foundation, announced the Nominees for the Martin Ennals Award 2011 during the closing ceremony of the Human Rights Film Festival in Geneva.

The five nominees are: Ms Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera (Uganda), Father Alejandro Solalinde Guerra (Mexico), Mr. Azimjon Askarov (Kyrgyzstan), Mr. Pacifique Nininahazwe (Burundi), and Ms Vilma Nuñez de Escorcia (Nicaragua).

The Martin Ennals Award is a unique collaboration of ten international human rights organisations which constitute the Jury: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights First, International Federation for Human Rights, World Organisation Against Torture, Front Line, International Commission of Jurists, German Diakonie, International Service for Human Rights and HURIDOCS.

For more information (English, French and Spanish) and portraits of the nominees please go to http://www.martinennalsaward.org

This entry was posted on March 12, 2011 at 22:17 and is filed under MEA, nominees, Uncategorized.

Tags: Burundi, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Uganda